Once Gist was taken away, the woman told officers what had happened. She said it began the day before when Gist, who by court order was not to be around her, tracked her down at a residence in rural Putnam County and assaulted her. She told the officers that when Gist found her there, he was very angry and "poured cocaine out on a table and forced her face into it, attempting to get her to snort cocaine," one report says.